Showing 1 - 10 of 631
We devise an experiment to explore the effect of different degrees of competition on optimal contracts in a hidden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703707
experiment. In the experiment a principal pays a wage to each of two agents, who then make effort choices sequentially. In our … preferences (Fehr-Schmidt, 1999). As we show from a norms-elicitation experiment, it is also consistent with social norms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649821
We compare inequality aversion in individuals and teams by means of both within- and between-subject experimental designs, and we investigate how teams aggregate individual preferences. We find that team decisions reveal less inequality aversion than individual initial proposals in team...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884177
We study experimentally the protection of property in five widely distinct countries – Austria, Mexico, Mongolia, South Korea and the United States. Our main results are that the security of property varies with experimental institutions, and that our subject pools exhibit significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128038
Monitoring by peers is often an effective means of attenuating incentive problems. Most explanations of the efficacy of mutual monitoring rely either on small group size or on a version of the Folk theorem with repeated interactions which requires reasonably accurate public information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703699
experiment in which effort, quality adjusted output and office politics are compared under piece rates and tournaments. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703722
lead, we report the results of a two-stage public good experiment with endogenous timing. Even though it turns out to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822607
paper reports the results of an experiment investigating inequality aversion and negative emotions as possible determinants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761756
representative behavioral data from a social dilemma experiment. We identify which survey questions intended to elicit people's trust … correlate well with behaviorally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 65, highly skilled workers and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761956
We provide experimental evidence of workers' ingratiation by opinion conformity and of managers' discrimination in favor of workers with whom they share similar opinions. In our Baseline, managers can observe both workers' performance at a task and opinions before assigning unequal payoffs. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279287